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but sandy could not wipe out election day. jim axelrod is in hoboken, new jersey. >> sandy didn't stop me from voting! >> reporter: nothing would stop nelly moreno from voting. four feet of water swept through her neighborhood in hoboken last week. at any point did you think "forget it, this year i'm not voting "? >> no. on the contrary. it motivated me to come out. >> reporter: volunteers scrubbed all weekend to get the polls ready. 800 polling places were without power in new jersey saturday. today it's fewer than a hundred. this mobile voting precinct delivered mail-in ballots along the jersey shore. on staten island, some votes were cast by flashlight. >> here to vote? come on in! >> reporter: new york and new jersey voters displaced by the storm can vote at any polling place. that contributed to long lines and some confusion. i thought people were supposed to be able to vote wherever they wanted. >> yeah, it's not happening. >> reporter: but maureen mcdonald was grateful to vote inside this tent in far rockaway new york.
but sandy could not wipe out election day. jim axelrod is in hoboken, new jersey. >> sandy didn't stop me from voting! >> reporter: nothing would stop nelly moreno from voting. four feet of water swept through her neighborhood in hoboken last week. at any point did you think "forget it, this year i'm not voting "? >> no. on the contrary. it motivated me to come out. >> reporter: volunteers scrubbed all weekend to get the polls ready. 800 polling places were...
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a week ago tonight hurricane sandy crashed ashore. we learned today that the death toll is up to 119 in nine ates.s. more than a million homes and businesses are without power and in new york 40,000 people lost their homes. last night, the temperature dropped below 40 degrees and you might be surprised at what jim today. found today. >> reporter: they're breaking up furniture for firewood on staten island. >> it's very cold and they need to keep going somehow so i'm i'md the fire department isn't coming to put the fire out. >> reporter: desperate moms are ice?ding online in queens. >> you want some rice? theeporter: hoping the donated food doesn't run out. >> it's hard, you know? because you don't want your baby n't w hungry. goreporter: all over the city, the powerful are getting an cityl. g anou've got to be kidding me! where were you yesterday? >> reporter: help is now poring into new york and new jersey. help is have landed in staten d iand. 280 state troopers from eight states were sworn in to help in st new jersey, including 50
a week ago tonight hurricane sandy crashed ashore. we learned today that the death toll is up to 119 in nine ates.s. more than a million homes and businesses are without power and in new york 40,000 people lost their homes. last night, the temperature dropped below 40 degrees and you might be surprised at what jim today. found today. >> reporter: they're breaking up furniture for firewood on staten island. >> it's very cold and they need to keep going somehow so i'm i'md the fire...
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but not even a storm like sandy n n postpone election day. today, new jersey officials said county clerk offices have been ordered to stay open all weekend to help process mail-in ballots, and in some hard-hit areas, s,litary trucks will serve as uelling places on tuesday. with five days till the election, the presidential campaign is back on. americans appear to be back in the mood to spend. and after the storm, it's dinner by candlelight, along with every other meal. when the cbs evening news continues. >> pelley: just five days now until election day. early voting continued today in all 50 states. atis was the voting in maryland. we have reports from both campaigns tonight. first nancy cordes with the president in the swing state of nevada. nancy. >> reporter: scott, white house aides are making sure we know the president is still conducting the federal response to sandy while he's on the road, making conference calls to governors in the storm area between rallies, but he's also make up for lost time, hitting nree or four states a day betw
but not even a storm like sandy n n postpone election day. today, new jersey officials said county clerk offices have been ordered to stay open all weekend to help process mail-in ballots, and in some hard-hit areas, s,litary trucks will serve as uelling places on tuesday. with five days till the election, the presidential campaign is back on. americans appear to be back in the mood to spend. and after the storm, it's dinner by candlelight, along with every other meal. when the cbs evening news...
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we'll get to sandy in a minute. but first, a man accused of carrying out a series of pipe bomb attacks in virginia, is arrested, all the way across the country in montana. and as reporter peggy fox explains, the alleged bomber did not go down without a fight. >> reporter: three sheens of destruction, terrified residence, and a highly determined law enforcement community. that's what the pipe-bomb suspect fled on tuesday, from his home in stafford, virginia. he traveled 2,045 miles in two days. his flight would come to an end near belt, montana
we'll get to sandy in a minute. but first, a man accused of carrying out a series of pipe bomb attacks in virginia, is arrested, all the way across the country in montana. and as reporter peggy fox explains, the alleged bomber did not go down without a fight. >> reporter: three sheens of destruction, terrified residence, and a highly determined law enforcement community. that's what the pipe-bomb suspect fled on tuesday, from his home in stafford, virginia. he traveled 2,045 miles in two...
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we have a team of correspondents covering the aftermath of sandy. first, we're going to go to anna werner who was there when more bodies were found on staten island today. anna? >> reporter: scott, many people here say that they live in the forgotten borough and that that has never been more true than in the wake of hurricane sandy. the devastation and pain are everywhere here, in the neighborhood where more people died than any other. 13 feet of water swept across mapleton avenue. >> we're leaving them in place. >> reporter: the national guard found the bodies here of two people trapped by the surge. one was in a window. catherine merced was also trapped next door. >> i heard her screaming but we couldn't help her. we were too late. >> reporter: essence berry hill escaped with her three children. this is what's left of her home. >> it hurts. i mean, i cried for a few days but there's nothing else i can do. i mean, there's no more water left in my body to cry. everything is gone and i'm accepting it now. >> army national guard, is anyone home? >> re
we have a team of correspondents covering the aftermath of sandy. first, we're going to go to anna werner who was there when more bodies were found on staten island today. anna? >> reporter: scott, many people here say that they live in the forgotten borough and that that has never been more true than in the wake of hurricane sandy. the devastation and pain are everywhere here, in the neighborhood where more people died than any other. 13 feet of water swept across mapleton avenue....
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a nor'easter bears down on shores ravaged by sandy. ben tracy is there. we'll have the forecast. >> i don't know if we can mentally handle another storm. >> pelley: and one secret to the president's success was the changing face of america. anna werner on the new voters who helped push him over the top. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. this is a special one-hour edition. $6 billion was spent on political campaigns and when they were over nothing much changed. republicans will still control the house, democrats the senate, and barack obama will still be president. this was the scene tonight as the president and the first family returned from chicago aboard air force one. they landed at joint base andrews right outside washington, d.c we will have a look at what you can expect from washington many the future, but first the latest returns. we still can't project a winner the presidential contest in florida, but even without florida mr. obama has 303 electoral votes-- well over the 270 need
a nor'easter bears down on shores ravaged by sandy. ben tracy is there. we'll have the forecast. >> i don't know if we can mentally handle another storm. >> pelley: and one secret to the president's success was the changing face of america. anna werner on the new voters who helped push him over the top. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. this is a special one-hour edition. $6 billion was spent on...